Ice-shaving machine



Jam. 20, 1931. E. c. sAuLs .7

ICE SHAVING MACHINE Filed May 11, 1929 2 sums-snout 1 L IL I l l J 2 My l .g i I 92 i 3 7 Jan 20, 1931. E. c. sAuLs ICE SHAVING MACHINE Filed May 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Shoot 2 Patented Jan. 20, 1931 warren STATES EDWARD C. SAULS, F COLUMBUS, GEORGIA ICE-SHAVIN G MACHINE Application filed May 11,

This invention relates to an ice shaving.

machine and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth.

a machine of such ciass whereby block of ice may be expeditiously moved in the direction of a cutting element to be in contact therewith to provide for the continuous shaving of the ice by the operation of the cutting element.

A further object of the-invention is to provide a machine of the character aforesaid in which a sectional cutting element is employed, thereby enabling any damaged portion of the cutting element to be replaced without discarding the cutting element as a whole.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more particularly described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that such description and drawings are to be taken as illustrative and that the invention is intended to be limited only by the scope of the claim hereunto appended. In the accompanying drawings which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a top plan of machine in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 3 is an elevation of the cutting elementand operating gear therefor.

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of the cutting element and operating gear.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 Figure 4. Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the sections constituting the cutting element.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a base of box-like form which is mounted on a set of supporting legs 2. Secured to each side of the base 1 and extending upwardly therefrom is a support 3. Seated on the upper end of the support 3 is the rearward cross member 4 of a support- 0 ing frame 5, the forward cross member 6 of 1929. Serial No. 362,358.

which is supported by means of a pair of braces 7 extending upwardly from the forward legs 2.

Mounted withinthe base 1 isa vertically disposed cutting element indicatedgenerally by the numeral 8 and consisting of a plural-' ity of sections 9. Each of thesections 9 is of segmental form and when arranged in assembled relation, the sections provide the cutting element as before stated, which is substantially cylindrical in form. Each of the sections 9 is open at its lower end and is provided at its upper end with a head 10, which is provided in its inner edge with an arcuatc recess 11. The sections 9 are maintained in assembled relation by means of abeveled gear The tubular element 14 is connected with each of the sections 9 by means of a bracket 16 secured at one end to the sect1on and secured at its other end to a collar 17 mounted on the tubular element 14 and secured thereto by means of a suitable set screw 18. Extending through the tubular element 14 is a shaft 19, the lower end of which is mounted in the bearing 15 and the upper end of which projects through the rearward cross member 4 of the supporting frame 5.

When the sections 9 are in assembled rela tion, the opposing edges of adjacent sections are in spaced relation and each of the sections is provided at its forward edge with an adjustable blade 20 having a beveled cutting edge21 projecting beyond such forward edge. The rearward edge of each section 9 is beveled as indicated at 22 and such beveled edge is" arranged in parallel, spaced relation to the beveled edge 21 of the adjacent blade 20'.

Extending through the rearward wall of the base 1 is a rack bar 23 which is in mesh with a ratchet 2t fixe ly mounted on a shaft The shaft is suitably journaled in the base 1 and one end thereof projects outwardly from the base. Carried by the projecting end of the shaft 25 is a manually operated element 26, by the manipulation of which the shaft may be rotated, in order to actuate the rack bar 23 longitudinally of the base 1. Secured to the forward end of the rack bar 23 is an arcuate push member 27, the forward concaved face of which is provided with a plurality of teeth 28 for engagement with a block of ice, as indicated at 29, to provide for the actuation of the ice towards the cutting element upon movement of the rack bar in a forward direction.

Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the cutting element, which in the present embodiment consists of a motor 30 mounted on the supporting frame 5 and having a pinion gear 31 fixedly mounted on the shaft 32 of the motor. Meshing with the pinion gear 31 is a gear 33 which is mounted on a stub shaft 34 journaled in and extending through one of the supports 3 and having a beveled pinion 85 mounted on the inner end thereof and meshing with the beveled gear 12.

In the operation ofthe machine, the block of ice is shaved at its forwardedge and the shavings pass between the beveled edges 21 and 22 of the cutting blades 20 and sections 9 respectively, into the interior of the cutting element. By adjusting the blades 20 with respect to the outer faces of the adjacent sections 9, the coarseness of the shavings may be varied as desired. Adjacent the cutting element the bottom of the base is open and depending from the open portion is a suitable spout 86 through which the shavings are adapted to pass into a container, not shown.

It is thought that the many advantages of an ice shaving machine in accordance with this invention will be readily apparent, and

although the preferred. embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to he understood that various changes in the details of construction may be resorted to, so long as such changes fall within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

ll hat I claim is:

in an ice shaving machine, a rotatable cutting element formed of a plurality of segmental sections, each having a head at its upper end, a gear secured to the head of the sections to maintainthe sections in assembled relation and to'rotate the cutting element, a tubular member extending through the cutting element and upon which the gear is rotatably mounted, a plurality of brackets con 1 1ecting the tubular memberwith said sections adjacent the lower ends of the latter,

saidsections being assembled with their side edge n spaced rela on, and a cutting blade hereto.

EDlVARD C. SAULS. 

